Hauser, Rita E., 1934-

Rita Eleanor Hauser
b. July 12, 1934 Hauser served as a speechwriter and campaign strategist for Richard Nixon’s first presidential campaign in 1960. From 1969 to 1972 she was the United States representative to the UN Commission on Human Rights. In 1972 she joined the law firm Stroock, Stroock and Lavan, where she mentored other women and increased the number of women partners in the firm. From 1984 to 1991 she headed the American branch of the International Center for Peace in the Middle East. She served on the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board from 2001 to 2004 and was reappointed in 2009. Born in New York City on July 12, 1934; In 1988 Rita Hauser and her husband, Gustave M. Hauser, created the Hauser Foundation, a private philanthropic organization, to “meet the challenge of bringing about the peaceful resolution of conflict and promoting democracy”—particularly in the Middle East.

Background: Born 1934 in New York City; education: B.A., City University of New York, Hunter College, 1954; University of Strasbourg (France) 1955; Harvard Law School 1956; University of Paris Law School 1958; LL.B., New York Law School 1959; career: Partner, Moldover, Hauser & Strauss, 1968-1972; Member, U.S. Delegation to United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights Commission, 1969-1972; Senior Partner and Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, 1972-present; President, The Hauser Foundation, 1992-present; Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), 1993-1997; Committee on Foreign Affairs, CFR, 1994-present;